Recruit Research Participants Portal (R2P2)

Description: Are you 18-29 years old? Do you use cannabis to manage physical or mental health symptoms like pain, nausea, anxiety, mood, sleep problems, ADHD, or any other symptoms? If so, you may be eligible to participate in an online study about medicinal cannabis use behaviour among young adults. You do not need to have a prescription for cannabis from a healthcare provider to participate. This study is being conducted by researchers in the Behavioural Alcohol and Cannabis (BAC) Lab at York University (ethics certificate #024-250). Eligible individuals could receive up to $260 worth of electronic gift cards for participating in all components of the study. If interested, please click the link below for more info and to find out if you are eligible to participate.

Specifics: Study Population:
Young adults living in Canada (age 18-29)

Participant Obligation:
Participants will be asked to complete virtual interviews as well as daily surveys on their smartphones. The total estimated time commitment is 10 hours over a one-year period.

Location: online - Toronto

Project lead: Jeffrey Wardell

Study Dates: October 11, 2024 to October 10, 2027

Study Website: https://yorku.questionpro.ca/MEDCANscreen

Description: This study examines the experiences of full-time postsecondary psychology students in Ontario who were diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) at or after the age of 18. It explores how these students cope with academic challenges and what role technology plays in supporting their learning. Given that late diagnoses of ADHD often follows stressful life events or co-occurring mental health concerns, understanding how these students adapt is essential. Students with ADHD find it much more difficult to avoid distractions and stay focused on task, take notes, remember essential details, and persist in tasks that are cognitively demanding. Students report shame and guilt about their academic performance, which may lead to procrastination and avoidance behaviours. Technological interventions, ranging from computer-based instructions to interactive serious games, provide opportunities to create personalized and engaging learning experiences that cater to the needs of students with ADHD. The research questions for this study are: (1) What are the experiences of helpful coping with ADHD symptoms in postsecondary education in psychology? (2) What technology is utilized to support academic journey?

Specifics: Study Population:
Full-time postsecondary student, aged 18-30, studying psychology as major/ enrolled in a professional degree in any type of psychology at bachelor’s, master’s or doctorate levels in an Ontario institute; must be diagnosed with ADHD at 18 or after 18.

Participant Obligation:
Must be willing to discuss their experience of living with ADHD and ways they manage their symptom as a student by participating in a semi-structured interview, conducted using Zoom and will be audio recorded. Must be fluent in English

Location: Online; study was approved in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Project lead: Aarti Gupta, Supervisor: Dr. Christine Wekerle

Study Dates: June 19, 2025 to August 15, 2025

Study Website: https://survey.sogolytics.com/r/0p9yCD

Description: The purpose of this research study is to explore Canadian faculty members’ engagement and challenges with knowledge mobilization activities within and beyond academia. Unfortunately, the culture in academia and institutional supports (or lack thereof) tend to over-incentivize the creation of academic KMb outputs and under-prioritize engagement in non-academic KMb. This imbalance is perpetuated by the strong “publish or perish” culture of academia, i.e., the intense pressures academic faculty members face to produce academic outputs to maintain their career standing. Faculty members who may be interested in engaging in more KMb are often met with the overwhelming burden of learning about KMb on their own. With varying degrees of institutional support across Canadian universities, little evidence-based guidance available, and few research studies examining modern-day KMb engagement, this becomes challenging for many faculty members, leading them to dis-engage with KMb altogether. This study aims to provide an updated reflection of current KMb efforts by Canadian faculty members, as well as a unique understanding of the current barriers they face and how universities can best support them.

Specifics: Study Population:
• Currently working as a tenure-track, tenured, or other form of permanent faculty member within a Canadian institution.

Participant Obligation:
10-minute survey

Location: online-Windsor

Project lead: Amy Dana Menard

Study Dates: January 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026

Study Website: https://uwindsor.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9zXao87IVdsAJam

Description: The study explores racial discrimination experienced by health care workers in Canada, with the goal of better understanding its prevalence, nature, and its links to other factors such as burnout and resilience. The aim of the project is to better inform supports offered to racialized health care workers and policies aimed at reducing experiences of racial discrimination in health care settings. There are two parts to the study, participants can participate in either ones or in both. The first is an online survey that takes about 20 minutes to complete. The second is a 60-min one-on-one interview.

Specifics: Study Population:
Racialized health care professionals (including psychologists) currently or in the past employed in a care facility (e.g., hospitals, rehabilitation centres, or community health centres)

Participant Obligation:
Participants can take part in this project by responding to our online questionnaire and/or by doing an individual 60 minute one-on-one interview virtually or in-person if they are in Ottawa.

Write to elisabeth.dromer@uottawa.ca for the interview.

Follow the link https://uottawapsy.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0riTupZnMSGw44e for the survey.

Location: Online-Ottawa and in person in Ottawa

Project lead: Elisabeth Dromer, Supervisor: Jude Mary Cénat

Study Dates: April 21, 2025 to August 29, 2025

Study Website: https://uottawapsy.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0riTupZnMSGw44e

Description: Researchers from the University of Victoria are conducting an online study to determine the impacts of chronic pain and cannabis use on quality of life and health outcomes. We invite individuals who live with chronic pain and either A) use cannabis products at least once per week OR B) have not used cannabis in the past 10 years to participate.

Specifics: Study Population:
Participants must:
-Reside in Canada
-Be at least 45 years old
-Be living with chronic pain (lasting >3months)
-Have access to computer or tablet
-Either:
1) Use any cannabis product at least once a week
2) No cannabis use in past 10 years

Participant Obligation:
Participants will complete a phone screening and then, if eligible, be asked to complete 1) a set of confidential online surveys (~45 minutes); and 2) an online cognitive assessment (~30 minutes).

Participants will receive up to $20 in gift cards.

Location: Online - Victoria, BC

Project lead: Morgan Schaeffer, Supervisor: Theone Paterson

Study Dates: May 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025

Study Website: https://brainlab.uvic.ca/cannabis-use-and-chronic-pain-study-information/

Description: Have you been diagnosed with cancer? Do you also have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep? Or are you a healthcare provider who works with cancer survivors? We want to hear about your experiences with treatment for cancer-related sleep difficulties. Many cancer survivors will have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep after their cancer diagnosis. However, it can be hard for people with cancer to find non-medicine options to help them sleep better because there are not enough trained healthcare providers available. Peer support is widely available across Canada, and we believe that lay peers can be trained to treat sleep problems. With this study, we will ask cancer survivors, peer supporters, and healthcare providers about the treatments currently offered to cancer survivors for sleep problems and their opinions on a new treatment delivered by peers using online surveys and interviews. The information we collect will help us develop a new peer support program to help treat sleep problems among cancer survivors.

Specifics: Study Population:
1. Canadians 18 or older diagnosed with any type or stage of cancer who have insomnia
2. Canadians diagnosed with any type or stage of cancer who facilitate a peer support group
3. Licensed healthcare provider who works with individuals with cancer

Participant Obligation:
Cancer survivors with insomnia will be asked to complete a 10-minute online survey and/or a qualitative interview (approx 30-60 minutes).
Peer supporters and healthcare providers will be asked to complete a short qualitative interview.

Location: Online-Calgary, AB

Project lead: Tavis Campbell

Study Dates: January 1, 2025 to August 31, 2025

Study Website: https://survey.ucalgary.ca/jfe/form/SV_3DUFylOGvYvjJ0G

Description: Psychiatric diagnoses are an important means of communication among health professionals. They are used to guide treatment decisions, facilitate access to services, and predict future clinical management needs. Advancements in research continue to inform how clinicians conceptualize, assess, and treat mental health problems. For instance, recent changes to the classification of stressor-related problems, a category of psychiatric problems described in both the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR; American Psychiatric Association, 2022) and the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (World Health Organization, 2022), are indicative of a wider ongoing trend to better understand how different stressors and exposures influence the presentation of mental health difficulties. An important first step towards tailoring interventions and developing appropriate guidelines which address the complex interactions among stressor exposures and their sequalae include understanding what information clinicians most rely on to make diagnostic decisions, and how this information influences treatment decisions. This study examines how access to different diagnostic criteria informs clinical decision-making. Participants will be randomized into one of two conditions and asked to provide their diagnostic and treatment impressions for 5 cases.

Specifics: Study Population:
Registered mental health professionals in Canada and abroad.

Participant Obligation:
This study is a one-time online survey which takes approximately 15-20 minutes to complete.

Location: Online - London (ON)

Project lead: Stephanie Houle

Study Dates: December 11, 2024 to December 31, 2025

Study Website: https://www.osiresearch.ca/complex

Description: Do you ever wonder why a friend’s good mood can be contagious, or why comforting someone who is sad can make us feel upset? Research shows that everyday emotions like fear, anger, disgust, sadness, joy, and even surprise can be contagious and easily transfer from one individual to another. While there’s some research examining how this might apply to psychological conditions like depression and anxiety (e.g., watching a socially anxious presenter makes us feel more anxious than watching a non-anxious presenter), how and why obsessions might spread in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has never fully been explored. Thus, the main purpose of the current study is to investigate a potential “obsession contagion”, in which a person with OCD might “catch” an obsession after being exposed to it. We hope that this research may help us better understand the potential for contagion in situations in which sharing obsessions occurs (e.g., online blogs, peer support groups, educational campaigns). As appreciation and compensation for your time completing the survey, you can choose to be entered into a raffle for the chance to win one of 20, $100 e-gift cards. Your participation is greatly appreciated, as it helps us better understand the mechanisms of symptom spread in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Specifics: Study Population:
Specifically, we are recruiting participants who have been diagnosed with OCD, are age 18 or above, and who are living in Canada or the U.S.
Participant Obligation
Participate in an approximately 20–25-minute online survey about your experiences with how obsessions spread.

If you are interested in participating in this study and meet the eligibility criteria noted above, you may access the survey below.

Location: Online - St. John's. Approval for Canada and the U.S.

Project lead: Brooke Hiscock, Supervisor: Dr. Emily Fawcett

Study Dates: July 25, 2024 to September 1, 2025

Study Website: https://mun.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_77llN5xe8qzxOrI

Description: We are studying experiences of discrimination and stigma when accessing mental health care among young adults diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD).

Specifics: Study Population:
Young adults ages 18-26 who reside in Alberta and self-identify as having a borderline personality disorder (BPD) diagnosis.

Participant Obligation:
Participants are not obligated to complete all survey questions.

Participants who complete the survey will have the chance to enter a draw for a $25 gift card of their choice.

Location: Online, Edmonton

Project lead: Jenny Le, Supervisor: Jamie Dyce

Study Dates: September 2, 2024 to September 1, 2025

Study Website: https://tinyurl.com/bpd-ya-study

Description: This research focuses on a critical reason for the shortage of Black Canadian school psychologists: their experiences of and how they navigate anti-Black racism at work (for details, see Banks & Callahan, 2022; Cooper, 2021; Proctor et al., 2016; Smith, 2021; Truscott et al., 2014). Only a handful of researchers in the United States (Cooper, 2021; Banks & Callahan, 2022; Proctor et al., 2013; Smith, 2021; Truscott et al., 2014) have completed closely related research about African American school psychologists’ work or internship experiences. While the researchers above did not set out specifically to explore African American school psychologists' experiences of anti-Black racism at work, their findings revealed that this was a significant issue frequently experienced by them. Since there appears to be no research on Black Canadian school psychologists’ experiences of anti-Black racism and how they navigate it in their professional lives, it is essential to complete research that examines this issue in Canada. Therefore, the question for this research is - How do Black school psychologists navigate anti-Black racism in the workplace?

Specifics: Study Population:
Black Canadian school psychology practitioners (registered or in process of registration), including psychological associates, psychoeducational consultants, psychologists, etc., employed, retired, or resigned from a school board in past two years.

Participant Obligation:
They are willing to discuss how they navigate anti-Black racism at work and can commit to a 90-minute audio-recorded Zoom or in-person interview at OISE/UT. All participant data, including name and place of work, will be confidential.

Location: Online (Virtual Zoom interview) - Toronto, Ontario or in person at OISE/UT.

Project lead: Deanne Edwards, Supervisor: Dr. Roy Moodley

Study Dates: November 6, 2024 to October 6, 2025

Study Website: https://forms.gle/dhXxVLn3jkuVLfbJ9

Description: The purpose of the study is to understand suicide risk among adolescents. The study involves three parts. The first part involves completing questionnaires, an interview, and a computer task. During the computer tasks, participants will view and rate a series of images. Part two of the study involves completing 4 surveys a day for 21 days on a smartphone. The final part of the study involves completing two online follow-up questionnaires. These questionnaires would be administered 1 and 2 months after the first session of the study. We hope that our findings improve the detection of youth at imminent risk for suicide and guide the identification of viable targets for interventions that hold the promise of de-escalating moments of acute crisis.

Specifics:
Study Population:
We are recruiting 13-19 year olds in Canada who had suicidal thoughts in the past 3 months. Participants must provide an emergency contact. For participants below 15, they must also have a parent/guardian willing to provide informed consent.

Participant Obligation:
-Attend a baseline session involving an interview, a computer task, and questionnaires (1.5-2 hours)
-Completing 4 prompts a day for 21 days on their Smartphone
-Complete follow up survey 1 and 2 month after baseline session (20 minutes)

How to participate:
Please contact Ashley Filion at querby@queensu.ca with the subject line “PRISM” to indicate your interest. Email is the preferred method of contact. However, you can also contact the lab at 613-533-2592 and ask for Ashley Filion. If no one picks up when you call, please leave a message mentioning the “PRISM” study and let us know how we can reach you to follow up.

Location: Online-Kingston -There is also an option to participate in person in Kingston, Ontario

Project lead: Jeremy Stewart

Study Dates: April 10, 2024 to September 1, 2025

Description: This study is a randomized control trial that seeks to test the efficacy of a novel form of online psychotherapy to treat social anxiety in HIV-negative men who have sex with men. Participants who are eligible will receive 12 online psychotherapy sessions to better manage their social anxiety, substance use, and sexual HIV risk behaviour. We hypothesize that participants will experience reduced sexual risk behaviour, reductions in social anxiety symptoms, and will reduce substance use in sexual situations. Participants will complete a baseline assessment consisting of 1) an online questionnaire about mental health, substance use, and sexual health, 2) an online interview with a clinician about mental health and substance use, and 3) in-person HIV and STI testing with a research nurse. If you choose to participate in this study, you will be asked to attend in-person STI testing appointments up to 4 times throughout the study at our laboratory located at Toronto Metropolitan University. Participants may be eligible to receive up to $380 in compensation for their time. For more information and/or if you wish to participate, please contact us over email at sexual.confidence@torontomu.ca or call 416-979-5000 ext. 552179.

Specifics: Study Population:
We are recruiting HIV-negative men who are actively having sex with other men, are not currently using PrEP, and who experience anxiety in social situations.
Participant Obligation:
Participants will complete 4 assessments and 12 psychotherapy sessions via Zoom for Healthcare, and in-person STI testing at the baseline, post-intervention, 3- and 6-month follow ups.
Participants complete the study over the course of 10-12 months.

Location: Online via Zoom for Healthcare and the HIV Prevention Lab (TMU) 105 Bond Street, Toronto, ON, M5B1Y3

Project lead: Trevor Hart

Study Dates: July 15, 2020 to July 15, 2026

Study Website: https://sexualconfidence.ca/

Description: The purpose of the research study is to better understand (1) factors that affect alcohol use among transgender adults who drink, and (2) harms associated with this alcohol use. If you choose to participate in this study, you will be asked to complete an online Baseline Session over a video call, which will include completing a survey with the platform Qualtrics. This Baseline Session and Qualtrics survey will mostly focus on brief demographic information, hormone therapy, stage in transition (social, physical, and/or legal), as well as more detailed measures of mental health and alcohol and other substance use (nicotine, cannabis, other drugs). Afterwards, over 21 days, you will be asked to complete surveys on a smartphone at various times each day. These surveys will mostly assess your alcohol and other substance use, and any related outcomes/experiences. Finally, you will be asked to complete an Exit Survey using Qualtrics. This survey will mostly ask for feedback about your experiences in the study.

Specifics:
Study Population:
Adults who live in Canada, are of legal drinking age in the province/territory they reside (i.e. 18-19+), who identify as trans and/or under the trans umbrella (e.g., non-binary, genderfluid, agender, etc.), and drink alcohol regularly are welcome.

Participant Obligation:
Screening survey to determine eligibility. Eligible participants will be invited to a 2-hr Baseline appointment over Google Meets. Following this, 3 weeks of daily surveys (up to 10 mins/day) and an optional Exit Survey.

Location: Online-Toronto.

Project lead: Dr. Sarah Dermody

Study Dates: September 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025

Study Website: https://psychlabs.torontomu.ca/carelab/